"Never lend if you need repayment; never give where you want a return."

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Source : "The Course of Honor". Book by Lindsey Davis, 1997.

Lindsey Davis

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“The sacrifices of our people were very great. Out of a population of one million, 28,000 were killed, 12,600 wounded, 10,000 were made political prisoners in Italy and Germany, and 35,000 made to do forced labour, of ground; all the communications, all the ports, mines and electric power installations were destroyed, our agriculture and livestock were plundered, and our entire national economy was wrecked.”

Source : "Selected Works, 1941 - 1948" by Enver Hoxha, Tirana: 8 Nëntori Publishing House, vol. I, 1974.
“Psychology Today is probably one of my favorite magazines, Guitar, Guitar World. People.”
“People on the streets are ready for hockey.”
“My thing in this day and age, with reality television and so much other stuff that is going on, is people want to feel the reality. They want to relate.”

Source : "The Darius McCrary Interview - The Young and the Restless". Interview with Michael Fairman, michaelfairmansoaps.com. December 22, 2009.
“Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end.”
“If people can be educated to see the lowly side of their own natures, it may be hoped that they will also learn to understand and to love their fellow men better. A little less hypocrisy and a little more tolerance towards oneself can only have good results in respect for our neighbor; for we are all too prone to transfer to our fellows the injustice and violence we inflict upon our own natures.”
“But the first lesson reading teaches is how to be alone.”

Source : Jonathan Franzen (2007). “How to Be Alone: Essays”, p.178, Macmillan
“I'm a big fan of zombies, and I have a zombie tattoo on my leg.”

Source : "Tyler Posey Talks Teen Wolf Season 3, New Characters, the Development of His Character, and More at Wondercon". Roundtable Interview, collider.com. April 01, 2013.

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